One of Dino Jr's best and the acoustic version on J Mascis' album Martin + Me is also great. For me this is a straightforward confession and apology from a chronically depressed man to his lover whom he knows he cannot ever give the active, energetic love he so wants to give. In many ways he hates himself: the excuses he cannot stop offering, the moods when he cannot stand to be around anyone at all.
Some of the references are oblique to me; no idea what the thumb means or what the ingredients are. But it is clear that this singer often can't even make it out of bed, string together his words, or be kind to the ones he is close to. The upbeat passage is his understanding that although he despises the way he feels, he understands that he is still bringing something important to his lover and he accepts himself in his deeply flawed state.
One of Dino Jr's best and the acoustic version on J Mascis' album Martin + Me is also great. For me this is a straightforward confession and apology from a chronically depressed man to his lover whom he knows he cannot ever give the active, energetic love he so wants to give. In many ways he hates himself: the excuses he cannot stop offering, the moods when he cannot stand to be around anyone at all.
Some of the references are oblique to me; no idea what the thumb means or what the ingredients are. But it is clear that this singer often can't even make it out of bed, string together his words, or be kind to the ones he is close to. The upbeat passage is his understanding that although he despises the way he feels, he understands that he is still bringing something important to his lover and he accepts himself in his deeply flawed state.
@bcaulf Could the thumb be a reference to the story of the kid putting a finger in the hole of the dam to stop it from breaking?
@bcaulf Could the thumb be a reference to the story of the kid putting a finger in the hole of the dam to stop it from breaking?